rsv Amos:3:11-15
rsv@Amos:3:11 @ Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "An adversary shall surround the land, and bring down your defenses from you, and your strongholds shall be plundered."
rsv@Amos:3:12 @ Thus says the LORD: "As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the people of Israel who dwell in Sama'ria be rescued, with the corner of a couch and part of a bed."
rsv@Amos:3:13 @ "Hear, and testify against the house of Jacob," says the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,
rsv@Amos:3:14 @ "that on the day I punish Israel for his transgressions, I will punish the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar shall be cut off and fall to the ground.
rsv@Amos:3:15 @ I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall come to an end," says the LORD.